NameTides

Derry

Derry was the #647 boys' name in Scotland in 2025 (4 babies).

Derry as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
Derry as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020Scotland
Derry as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
2025——#647 (4)—
2023——#728 (3)—
2022—#3,049 (6)——
2021——#720 (3)—
2020—#4,608 (3)——
2019—#3,937 (4)——
2018—#3,412 (5)——
2017—#3,040 (6)#733 (3)—
2016#10,744 (6)#2,556 (8)—#541 (5)
2015#9,568 (7)#3,373 (5)#686 (3)—
2014#10,717 (6)#2,964 (6)—#715 (3)
2013—#2,660 (7)#366 (9)—
2012—#2,270 (9)#361 (9)—
2011—#2,039 (10)#491 (5)#730 (3)
2010—#2,629 (7)#638 (3)#611 (4)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Scotland in 2013 at #366.
  • First recorded in Scotland in 1991.
  • In 1973, 20% of US babies named Derry were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,900 baby boys in the published Scotland list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.